top Tech tidbits for Thursday, April 19, 2007

1)  window-Eyes version 6.1, with full support for windows Vista, including the sidebar, and enhancements for users of other operating systems, is now released.
http://www.gwmicro.com/upgrade


2)  Gw Micro has also added an article to its Knowledge Base: Deploying Window-Eyes Through Group Policy
http://gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1068

3)  Tasha chemel is conducting an online  survey for a linguistics class regarding emotional qualities people perceive when listening to a speech synthesiser. For information on how to take part, e-mail
tasha_chemel@brwn.edu


4)  this week's free online training from An Accessible World will feature two topics: NonVisual Desktop Access:  A Free Open Source Screen Reader, and Creating A List From A List View. the fun begins on Tuesday GMT at 00:00 on 24 April.
http://www.accessibleworld.org


5)  the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco will be offering a series of ten tech workshops.  the first is on Wednesday, , 9 May, from 21:00-00;00 GMT, concerning Mobile Phone Accessibility.  People can attend in person, via conference call or via live audio stream.  Rsvp is required.  E-mail
info@lighthouse-sf.org


6)    Jamal Mazrui has brought the Homer Script Library to version 1.0.  He has documented both the editor features, for those wishing to enhance their use of Notetab or Wordpad, and the scripting functions, for those who may wish to use them in other JAWS scripts.
http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.exe


7)  Jamie Pauls has started a blog to distribute AccessWatch-related information.  One way to read it and keep up with his efforts is to visit
http://accesswatch.wordpress.com


8)  the University of Washington, with funding from the National Science foundation, is offering a workshop entitled Workshop on Semi-supervised Learning for Language Processing.  Two graduate and two undergraduate researchers in electrical engineering or computer science can take part, with all costs potentially being covered. 
Applicants need to send resume, cover letter and a one-paragraph statement explaining their interest by 8 May, to both
mo@ee.washington.edu
Ladner, ladner@cs.washington.edu



9)  Freedom Scientific announces MAGic Pro Scripting edition, bringing the power of a scripting language to this screen magnfication program, allowing for individual customization.  Until 30 June, they are offering discounts for MAGic 10.0 users who wish to  upgrade to this version.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_magic_pro_scripting_edition.asp


10)  RoboBraille is a free service, still in the test phase, allowing for web-based braille translation and text-to-mp3 conversion in several European languages.
http://www.robobraille.org/index.htm


11)  this BBC news article discusses the impending crisis facing Internet radio
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6562823.stm
and you can go to
http://www.savenetradio.org
to try to influence the U.S. Conress to limit the damage.


12)  EASI offers a free webinar, Making Checking for Accessibility of Your Web Pages Easy! on Tuesday, 24 April at 18:00 gMT.
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm



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